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W. T. HOOKEY.

PACKAGING BRICKS FOR TRANSPORTATION.

APPLICATION man MR. a, 1916. RENEWED OCT. 29. ms.

Patented June 17', 1919.

WI TIT/ESS ES A TTORA/EYS WILLIAM '1. HOCKEY,

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OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PACKAGING BRICKS FOR TRANSPORTATION.

Specification of Letters ratent. Patented June 17, 1919,

Application filed March 6, 1916, Serial No. 822149. Renewed October 29,1918. Serial No. 260,175.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM T. HOCKEY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, :in thecounty and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Packaging Bricks for Transportation, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and usefulimprovements in packaging bricks for transportation, storage or otherpurposes, and whereby the repeated handling of the single bricks fromthe time they leave a brickyard until used by the bricklayer on abuilding or other structure is entirely dispensed with and the cost oflabor in handling is reduced to a minimum, while the bricks are notliable to be injured during the loading and unloading or while intransit.

In order to produce the desired result, use is made of a circularcarrier having interior means for supporting a predetermined number ofbricks in closely packed relation one to the other, to hold the bricksagainst shifting or displacement while the carrier is rolled along. a

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

I Figure 1 is a side elevation of the carrier filled with. apredetermined number of bricks; i

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 3* is a cross section of thesame on the line 33 ofFig. 1;

Fig. l is a cross section of a number of carriers fastened together toform a rolling package; and

Fig. .5 is a side elevation of .a modified form of the carrier.

, In the handling and transportation of bricks from the brickyard to abuilding or a other structure, it has been customary heretofore topromiscuously load the bricks in a brickyard onto a wheelbarrow, cartthe same to and dump the same onto a vessel, car or other transportationmeans. The bricks were next carried by the transporting me dium to adock or railroad yard and then unloaded onto a cart to be carried say toa building or other structure to be erected, and at this place thebrickswere unloaded and re-loaded onto hods to be eventually carried to thebricklayer at work at the building. It isoften the case alsothat thebricks on arriving at the dock or railroad yard'are loaded into cartsand carried to the place of buslness of a dealer in building materials,to I be there unloaded and, as required, re-loaded onto carts andcarried to a bullding or other structure. It will be noticed that bythismode of handling bricks a large amount of hard labor is required as the"bricks haveto 'be singly picked up not made A predetermined number ofbricks 10 are piled in closely packed relation into a carrier 11 havinga rim 12 of circular shape and of a width corresponding approximately tothe length of a brick. Within this rim l2 and secured thereto is abottom 13 and sides 14 for receiving the pile of bricks 10 so that thebricks are practically confined within the rim 12. A portion 15 of therim 12 is pivotally connected or hinged at 16 to the remaining mainportion of the rim carrying the bottom 13 and the sides 14, and this rimsection 15 is provided With a top plate 17 overlying the top of thepileof bricks 10 so as to securely hold the bricks-in position in thecarrier. The free end of the hinged section 15 of the rim 12 is providedwith an apertured lug 18 extending through a keeper .19 forming aset-off portion of the rim ,12,

and the lug 18 is engaged by a pin or other locking device 20 tosecurely lock the rim section in position on the rim 12, as will bereadily understood by reference to Fig. 1.

In using this carrier, the bricks 10 are piled, in the brickyard, intothe carrier at the time the section 15 is in open position so that thebricks rest on the bottom 13 and abut against the sides 14;. When thedesired number of bricks have been placed in position, the section 15 ofthe rim is swung doWn so that the plate 17 engages the top of the pileof bricks and the lug 18 engages the keeper 19. The-pin 20 is theninserted to lock the rim section 15 in place. It Will be noticed thatthe carrier containing this pile of bricks can be readily rolled alongthrough the brickyard onto a vessel,;car or other transporting medium,and carried by the l'att'i to a railroad yard or adock, at which the,carrier can be readily rolled down afgiingpl'ank intoa hvagon to becarried to the ui-ldiii g tv1ie'reaimisting device can take hold of the"entire barrier and "take the same 'to the plate at which the biicklayeris at ivork, or heat the same, to be then rolled hang-{a sdailold, ifnecessary, to the brickla er, if at Work at a point distant from theelevate. "i-lt the easement, are section "115 can be'rea't'lily'iiiiloeked and swung open to all'dtv th'e Mitkiayer remove Ithe bricks from "the "carrier as needed, or, if d sired,fthe "bricks canbe thjiniiied onto the scaffold adamant-he bricklayer The empty carriercan be re rned to the Brickyard to be re loaded and to'behis'ed over "asabove ex plaiiied g g a As "shoivn in 1, the earner contains two'h'iindiedbriiiks, hilt as the-bricks are old aiicldelivere d at therate of a thousand Bricks, fete such carriers filled with bricks aretrefeabiy fastened together, as plainly indicated tiring. 4, weakeneagle rolling *piiekage of liveindividual carriers. In oider to fastenthe five carriers together-iiseis nia'de of {em plates 25 coi'in'eeted'With each other b1 bolts Z6 (intending 'oiit'side of the bottom 13, thesides 1% and the "lfilate 17 50 as not to iiitriffe 'vvi'tih' thebrie]:s" carried by theeai i'ier. It vvill bdnoti-e'ed that theadjaeentj eclges'bttl1e ms 12 'abdt and are held "fastened togetheruntil the 'idla'ee of destinationis ieacl'i'ed when the bolts 26andplates 25 are 'ifel'iiovd to alloiv of separating the indivi dualcarriers 'tor "the reiiio'val"of bricks froinfe'ah barrier, as above'ekplaiiied.

In the niotli fi'ed foihi S hoivn in Fig; 5, the eiietlm-"ien '30 iisprovidedat'its inner face withe'tepe 31, each of alength correspondingto the Width" of a bi'i-elg-"sundiy of the steps eifbei igot aheigi'ht'eorresjioiidingto the he ght of a single brick, while others of thehard steph F 31" correspond to A a iiiiiltiple of I the eng neer a brick"to 'alltnv treating the bricks ilitb the carrier inth'e i-otinef a pileof bricks having a predetermined niilnber' of bricks and the brickspackedin' close relation oiie tothe other. If (lesiiedj the fim 30'1naybe reinforced bydivisionplates32 twee arrang-emin' the form of "a crossand having "their 'ends' 'connected with the rim '30, the divisidn'fi'lzite 32 extending jhorizoiitally and the division plate 33iitei'idinig -'vei'-ti'c2llly at "tlie tiiiieofloiadingthe bricks intothe earriei'. Tli'e 'step's '31 "ma y form integral parts of the rim 30or may be loosely fitted to the interior enrface thereof, as indicatedin dottedlines in Fig. 5.

I do not limit myself to the particular supporting means shown anddescribed for the bricks within the rim, as the same may be variedWithout deviating from the spirit of my invention, it being, however,understood that in each case a rolling packageisprd videdin which thebricks'are =firmlypacked.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Let teis "Iatent:

1. In a package for the transportation of bricks, a carrier having acircular rim open 'atboth ends and-adapted for rolling, the ividthoftheii'in corresponding to the length of a brick, and interioreennectedWith the rim-tor supporting a redetermined number of bricks in eleselqiaeked relat'io'n oneto the "otheig'to hold the bricks againstdisplacement {While rolling the carrier along.

A rolling pat/liege "for the transportation of bricks, comprisin acarrier *liaving -'a"c'iieular "rim open at both ends and of a Widthcorresponding "approximately to the length of brick, and supportingmeans airranged "Withinthe rim andehhnedted there- ;tofthe supportingnieans ben'i g joffa Width eoire'spondlng to the "Width of the llIIl,"for -'e'ti15po1-ti11g Within thesaine a jredetermined number of bllCkSin closely packedrelation, the ends of the bricks lying Within the"planes ofthe'faces otthe said earrier.

In a package for the tran'epo r ;tion of bricks, a circ'rilar {rim madein "a hotly section andfacover Election, thesections' beiiig hingedtogether, the body section bei-n" 3; provided interiorly vith a botteiinand* eides ferstietaining a pile'ozt bricks of a predetermined number"and ia'cked in close relation one to the {other, the said coversection' havilig a top extending"overthe"top of tlie' pile of brickafandmeans fordockingitheeover section 'inplaceon the body sectionjrtoseeurely lock the pile of bricks' in 'p'lace.

4:. In a package for the transportationbf bricks, a 'circular rim madein a botlyisee tion and a cover "sectiohfthe se'c ti-ons' 'being hingedtogether, thebody secti'on beingprovidedinteriorlyevitha bottom andsides for "sustaining a pile at bricks of predeten mined number andpacked in c-losemelation nneto-the ether, theeaid coveraeration having atop extending over hetop'of thepile of bricks, their ee end of the Saidcoversection being provided xizith an ap'erttired lockvided with "ak'e'ePQraClaptedTto be" engaged by the" said lug, and E lookingmcansengaging i5. Ina pacl'ta ge for the transportation of bucks, a number ofcircular carriers having rims of like diameters and each adapted toreceive a predetermined number of bricks piled in close relation to eachother, the edges of the rims abutting one against the other and each rimbeing approximately of a Width corresponding to the length of a brick toconfine the bricks Within each rim, and means for temporarily fasteningthe carriers together to provide a single rolling package.

6. In a package for the transportation of bricks, a number of circularcarriers having rims of like diameters and each adapted to receive apredetermined number of bricks piled in close relation to each other,the edges of the rims abutting one against the other and each beingapproximately of a Width corresponding to the length of a-brick toconfine the bricks Within each rim, each rim being provided Withbrick-holding means confined Wholly Within the opening of the rim, boltsextending transversely intermediate the rim and the said holding means,and plates at the outer faces of the outermost carriers and engaged bythe said bolts to fasten the carriers together and thereby provide asingle rolling package.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM T. HOOKEY.

WVitnesses:

THEO. G. Hos'rER, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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